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Sen. Hatch Says Clinton Can Save His Presidency
01:23 p.m Sep 13, 1998 Eastern
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading Senate Republican had a ''very hard-hitting'' conversation with President Clinton Sunday, and later said Clinton may be able to save his presidency with more contrition and sincerity.
Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch of Utah said he called the president on his car phone and had a ''very good exchange.''
''We had a very interesting conversation,'' Hatch told the CBS News program ''Face the Nation.'' He declined to discuss specifics of their talk, nor did he say how long it lasted.
''Basically it was a very hard-hitting, very good exchange of what I feel and what he feels,'' Hatch said.
Hatch said the collective evidence in Kenneth Starr's report to Congress alleging possible grounds for impeachment ''does not help the president.''
However, he said if Clinton would drop his legalistic defense to perjury and other allegations and publicly express more contrition and humility then his presidency might survive.
''If he'll quit splitting legal hairs. If he'll quit playing this legal game and start being what he is, a basically warm winning person who the American people have liked from the beginning... and just acknowledge, 'Yeah, I've done some really bad things, I've really screwed up here,' My gosh, I think the president could get through this. But he's starting to lose,'' Hatch said.
Hatch predicted Clinton would never be indicted on the charges in the Starr report and he should not consider resignation until he sees what develops in the House of Representatives on the issue of impeachment.
''There are many good things about this president,'' Hatch said. ''We ought to look for the good, but we can't ignore the bad and there are a lot of bad things here.''
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